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How to choose high-quality Chinese products and avoid common purchasing pitfalls. - ppor - 12-22-2025 The world’s exposure to China has increased tremendously but the country is not as globally integrated as its scale may indicate. While importing from China is never off the table for Western businesses, they openly bemoan about the complexities of sourcing from the Asian giant. Mistakes can be common yet are avoidable with sufficient research, due diligence and involvement throughout the purchase process. Here is a look at the seven blunders that can cause difficulties when you’re trying to build a long-term relationship with a Chinese manufacturer. 1. Not auditing the supplier Regarded supplier directories like Alibaba, Made in China and Global Sources have their share of unscrupulous businesses. It goes without saying that you may buy into claims that may be half-truths or outright lies. In a worst-case scenario, you may end up working with a trading company driving up your purchase costs. Navigate potential brand pitfalls in the Chinese market by leveraging imported products’ quality, foreign brand legacies, and European-style presentation. Brands like Marks & Spencer, boasting 130 years of history and a global presence with over 1000 stores across 45 countries, exemplify credibility and market capture prowess. Explore how strategic elements counteract brand skepticism, creating appeal and trust among Chinese consumers wary of local brands. However, with Marks & Spencer welcoming its seventh year in China, rumors regarding the brand closing its Shanghai stores surfaced (Marks & Spencer has official denied this rumor). None of the less, this still leaves people wondering why strong brands are not able to win appreciation from Chinese consumers. Marks & Spencer stores are at the best locations in Shanghai. The brand is also present on TMall for e-commerce. All of these practices should signal a great success but what went wrong? What are the common brand pitfalls that Marks & Spencer should avoid? Mis-targeted Communication Explore potential brand pitfalls in fashion and retail marketing, where campaigns often hinge on showcasing core brand attributes. In the case of Marks & Spencer, despite inviting notable figures like Emma Thompson, Lulu Kennedy, and Alek Wek for a 2014 Spring/Summer Fashion Show, the campaign failed to resonate with Chinese female consumers. The disconnect arose as the chosen personalities were unfamiliar to the Chinese audience, hindering the campaign’s impact. Delve into the challenges of aligning global campaigns with local consumer preferences, addressing brand pitfalls for effective market engagement. Though Marks & Spencer invested a lot of resources, it turned out that the communication and recipients do not match. It might have worked for the UK or other markets, but China is a different story. Marks & Spencer should have conducted a detailed research into Chinese female consumers before implementing its communication investment. Having accurately understood how “success” is defined among Chinese female, the brand can meet their needs, find the right angle that will make the communication more effective and help to create brand relevance for Marks & Spencer. Creating a whole other campaign tailored for the Chinese market might be difficult and expensive, Marks & Spencer could make efforts to tell the success stories of these women in a way that resonates with Chinese values, instead of only displaying the print advertisements on communication channels. Abstract Improving energy efficiency is not only the key to achieving energy conservation, carbon reduction and green development, but also the way to promote the high-quality development of China’s economy. This article measures the total factor energy efficiency (TFEE) of Chinese cities and uses the Energy Rights Trading Pilot Policy (ERTP) as a quasi-natural experiment to evaluate the impact of this market-based environmental regulation policy on TFEE using a difference in differences (DID) model. The results show that ERTP can significantly promote the improvement of TFEE in Chinese cities. This effect is more obvious in coastal cities, high-grade cities and resource-based cities. ERTP can promote the upgrading of industrial structure and enhance the ability of green technology innovation, thereby promoting the improvement of TFEE. ERTP has a negative spatial spillover effect on the TFEE of neighboring regions. This article not only provides empirical support for revealing the complex effects of market incentive based environmental regulation in developing economies, but also provides important theoretical references and practical inspirations for the nationwide promotion and differentiated policy design of ERTP.